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i strung my guitar with a 14 on my thin E, 16 B, 18 G, should i go up 12's or 13's if that is what ive been getting used to?

on another note, where can i buy E,B and G strings at a bulk price online?

I always buy from but all of us in my band chip in and save on the shipping together....


Originally Posted by Quencho092i strung my guitar with a 14 on my thin E, 16 B, 18 G, should i go up 12's or 13's if that is what ive been getting used to?

Wouldn't 12s or 13s be going DOWN from 14s?


Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97I always buy from but all of us in my band chip in and save on the shipping together....

Wow thats cheap! whats shipping on that site?Originally Posted by JB_From_HellWouldn't 12s or 13s be going DOWN from 14s?

I think he's means going up in the next 3 strings. Like go up .014 so if you have a 30 on your 5th then your 6th would be a 44.


Originally Posted by Nite_Maresz_25Wow thats cheap! whats shipping on that site?

I think he's means going up in the next 3 strings. Like go up .014 so if you have a 30 on your 5th then your 6th would be a 44.

Guess it depends on where you live,but the shipping is usually in the $5 to $6 range and is shipped in a light small sized box...Get your friends to order some strings with you or invest in alot of strings and different string brands...


Originally Posted by STRATDELUXER97Guess it depends on where you live,but the shipping is usually in the $5 to $6 range and is shipped in a light small sized box...Get your friends to order some strings with you or invest in alot of strings and different string brands...

Damn!!! That cheap. I've gotta remember that.


Originally Posted by Nite_Maresz_25Damn!!! That cheap. I've gotta remember that.

They ship quick,offer great prices,and lots of selection...I've been buying strings from them since I've been on the internet..

Next time i buy strings im getting 2 sets of beefy slikies 1 of not even slinkys and 1 or d'addario xl145 and im gonna see if any of my friend want strings too. damn this site is awesome. thanks STRATDELUXER97 thanks.


Originally Posted by Nite_Maresz_25Next time i buy strings im getting 2 sets of beefy slikies 1 of not even slinkys and 1 or d'addario xl145 and im gonna see if any of my friend want strings too. damn this site is awesome. thanks STRATDELUXER97 thanks.

You're welcome!

wow and i can probably make like 1$ for every person i get strings for so i wouldnt be losing that much money either. god im the busness man of the middle school. (not gonna get into the burning cd sisuation )

I'm a fan of webstrings.com

I've found that they're just as good as anything else out there. I do about an order every nine months and save a bunch of money.

juststings is great i just ordered 6 custom sets of d'addario's and 3 regular sets from them a few days ago and they came real fast. i love the fact that i can order my odd 1/2 11, 1/2 10 sets from them...much better than wasting cash on two sets of strings and using only half from each set!

-Mike

I buy all my strings from I used ernie ball and dean markely before...the webstrings are just as good, if not better.

MJ


Originally Posted by XSSIVEjuststings is great i just ordered 6 custom sets of d'addario's and 3 regular sets from them a few days ago and they came real fast. i love the fact that i can order my odd 1/2 11, 1/2 10 sets from them...much better than wasting cash on two sets of strings and using only half from each set!

-Mike

I was looking at those 10 1/2 sets Xssive. If I tuned to E flat, would they feel like 10's in E? I'm thinking that's what they're made for.

oh no i must have made that a bit confusing...what i use on most of my guitars is one half of a normal set of 10s (E .010, B .013, G.017) and half of a set of 11s (D .028, A .038, E .049) that's what i ment by 1/2. i just buy each string individually from juststrings and make my own sets. this works great for me on 25.5quot; scale since i like a bit more string tension on the low strings but still want to do big bends on the unwound strings. on my Les pauls i use D'Addario 10-52 sets due to the shorter scale to keep the tension up on the wound strings. i also have one tele set up with 10-52 and i use that for drop D and standard E since i hate flabby strings when tuned down. for Eb you should be fine with my oddball part 11 part 10 sets if you wanted to give it a try. i've never tried the 10 1/2 sets myself since i wanted a .049 low E over the .048 (yeah even the .001 difference can be felt in tension when tuned down) and i wanted to keep a regular .010 on the high E for huge bends. yeah it's odd but it works real well. if your worried about the unwound strings when down 1/2 a step i'd use regular 11's but if it's mostly the flab in the wound strings you don't like it can't hurt to try my odd combo or those 10 1/2s...heck strings are cheap i tried tons of gauges to find what i like on each guitar depending on its scale length and what tuning i would be using it in.

-Mike